The Talent Studios Expands Search Staff
November 4, 2024 – The Talent Studios has expanded with the addition of three new search consultants. Renée Motley has joined The Talent Studios as associate partner to lead its talent and performance management practice. As a natural complement to its leadership search business, the firm will be able to offer tools around assessment, onboarding, high-performance team facilitation and succession planning.
Ms. Motley began her career in investing at J.P. Morgan and worked in growth consumer investing before joining fintech platform, Robinhood Markets ($24 billion market cap), leading internal business and operational efficiencies efforts prior to its IPO in July 2021. She holds a BA from Harvard University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Gretchen Koch has joined The Talent Studios as an associate partner of its executive search practice. She joins the firm from Russell Reynolds Associates, where she was a member of the customer activation & growth executive search practice, focused on omnichannel consumer brands, digital marketplaces and B2C edutech. Prior to entering the search industry, Ms. Koch was a brand executive at Peet’s Coffee and Nestle and began her career consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers and then spent three years at retail/consumer strategy consultancy firm, Kurt Salmon & Associates. She holds a BS from the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) and an MBA from Northwestern University (Kellogg).
Elisa Kay joined The Talent Studios as an executive search senior associate. She began her search career at Charles Aris Executive Search, focused on retail/consumer, fashion and strategy leadership search work. Ms. Kay supported partners on the execution of multiple CEO searches and cross-functional executive hires. She then joined apparel brand portfolio Kontoor, following its divestiture from VF Corporation in 2022, conducting talent searches across commercial, infrastructure and product roles.
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The Talent Studios is the leading executive search firm at the epicenter of business-to-consumer, working across brands, commerce, technology and services. Verticals include: fashion & apparel, food & beverage, beauty & personal care, lifestyle brands, action sports, health/wellness, creator economy, media & content, physical & digital consumer services (Health, FinTech, EduTech, Two-Sided Marketplaces) and omni-channel retail. Representative direct clients include Red Bull, Homes.com, Mattel, Disney, Burton Snowboards, The Princeton Review, Restoration Hardware (RH), Pure Barre, TOMS Shoes,
Business-To-Consumer Focused Search Firm
The Talent Studios is a business-to-consumer focused retained executive search firm, working across consumer technology, digital commerce, four-wall commerce & service businesses, iconic brands, entertainment, media & content and consumer services. Its vertical focus includes: fashion & apparel, food & beverage, beauty & personal care, lifestyle brands, action sports, fitness/wellness, creator economy, media & content, digital and physical consumer services (healthcare, FinTech, education, two-sided marketplaces). Its clients include: Apollo Global Management, Advent International, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital, L Catterton, Red Bull, Mattel, Disney, Burton Snowboards, Restoration Hardware, Pure Barre, TOMS Shoes, Boardriders, Aston Martin, Fanatics, Health-Ade Kombucha, SmartyPants Vitamins, Lulus.com, Edmunds.com, Philz Coffee, and Public Goods.
Jeremy Cohen co-founded The Talent Studios in 2011 following early search experience at global executive search firm DHR Global, where he served as a principal in the firm’s retail/consumer and private equity practices. He has led pivotal leadership searches that have propelled privately held clients through growth to exit, as well as large scale transformation and performance enhancement at large public companies and brands. In addition to search, Mr. Cohen assists clients with performance management and assessment strategy.
Kelli Telling is co-founder and managing partner at The Talent Studios. She began her career in General Electric’s emerging leaders’ program and was a business unit operator at GE Lighting. Ms. Telling went on to lead technology product development at several venture-backed companies in Silicon Valley. Thereafter, she moved into successive management roles at Deloitte Consulting. Ms. Telling has substantial experience conducting leadership searches in finance, technology and marketing, and is a talent contributor to the Transworld Business publication.
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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
